Ramon Garcia was member of the National Confederation of Agricultural Workers (Central Nacional de Trabajadores del Campo). He was assassinated in Callejones, Macuelizo, Santa Bárbara on Saturday evening the 11 of July 2009, by military forces who boarded a bus he was riding in Santa Barbara and forced him off, subsequently shooting him and wounding his sister.
sources: HablaHonduras, Monthly Review
On August 2, Pedro Pablo Hernández , farmer was shot by the Honduran military while driving after reportedly not responding to a signal to stop at a military checkpoint.
sources: HablaHonduras, YVKE mundial , La Prensa Grafica , Monthly Review , La Haine
Farmers Under Fire Worldwide
